Footwear



H. FEIFER Oct. 12, 1943.

FOOTWEAR Fil ed Feb. 4. 1942 INVENTOR. fiarv y Fg'jer; BY

Patented Oct. 12, 1943 UNITED STATES harem OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relatesto footwear, and particularlyto shoes that arecharacterized as sandals that are worn at beaches and similarsituations. Such sandals are required to be of light weight and made ofinexpensive materials, and hence are unduly pliable, for which reasonsand their particular uses they need to be reinforced, in

order to maintain their parts in requisite form and in proper fittingcondition upon the foot. Owing to the grounds on which they are used andthe crowded situations, the sandals are often subjected to severe joltsand strains or are stepped upon, with consequent injury to the shoe orhurt to the wearers foot, which disadvantages are inherent in thesandals made heretofore Among the principal objects of the invention areto provide a shoe of the above type which will remedy the aforesaiddisadvantages, and be conveniently and economically manufacturable,salable at low cost, strong, durable, improved, and of enhancedreinforcement and appearance.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the sandal embodying the improvementsconstituting the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sandal shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional front elevation of the sandal, inan enlarged scale, taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The sandal I comprises a sole 2 and an upper 3, the marginal region 4 ofwhich has its undersurface bearing upon the upper surface of thecorresponding peripheral region 5 of the sole 2, Fig. 3. Directly uponand along the edge of the upper 3 is located a cording B, and a bindingband! envelops the said cording and passes around the edges 8, 9 of theupper and sole respectively and bears upon the undersurface I 0 of sole2, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3. A

line of stitching ll passes through both margins I I2 of the band I aswell as through the upper 3 and sole 2, thereby strongly bindingthecording 5, and efficiently securing the upper 3, sole 2 with all ofthe aforesaid parts in assembled state.

By virtue of the aforesaid jointure of the upper 3 with the sole2 andcording 6 the wearers foot is at all times maintained at a requisitedistance from the edges 8, 9 of the upper and sole, as well as from saidcording, providing a gap [3 between the cording and upright portion l4of the upper, and this circumstance taken with the specified location ofthe cording 6, which thus acts as a bumper, efliciently protects thefoot against lateral impacts of any kind. The assembly also functions tostrengthen and reinforce the shoe and its parts, and preventsdeformation thereof,

while incidentally the elevated state of the cording 6 with itsenvelopment by the band I and the low situation of the stitching line H,below the cording 6, which is thus concealed from norma] view belowcording 6, greatly enhance the improved and general appearance of theshoe when it is worn.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: A shoe having thecombination of a sole, an upper having the underside of the marginalportion thereof facing the upper side of the marginal portion of saidsole, a cording located above said sole and marginal portion of saidupper and providing a gutter between said cording and the uprightadjoining part of said upper, a binding band enveloping said cording,the edges of said upper and sole, and the marginal underside of saidsole, and a stitching located below said cording and at the bottom ofsaid gutter passing through both lateral margins of said binding band,the said upper, and the said sole.

HARRY FEIFER.

